Read More

“I’ve learnt from that. I don’t miss them often, but sometimes I don’t pitch it well enough.”

Lukaku has hit three in his first three Premier League appearances for United and at 24 many believe he has time to eventually break the club record set by Wayne Rooney when netting United's equaliser at Stoke in January.

Hughes believes he can top Rooney, too, saying: "I don’t want to put too much pressure on him - or maybe I do!